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What's Left of Liberalism?
Jon Mandle
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Description for What's Left of Liberalism?
Hardback. The Left's reluctance to embrace political liberalism is partly based on the misunderstandings of justice as fairness. This text provides an overview of the theory, discussing its structure and describing the models of society and the person, as well as the idea of public reason, that it supports. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 558.
The left's reluctance to embrace political liberalism is based, in part, on the persistent misunderstandings of justice as fairness. In What's Left of Liberalism? Jon Mandle provides a systematic overview of the theory, discussing its basic structure and describing the models of society and the person, as well as the idea of public reason, that it supports. Mandle also considers the challenges posed to political liberalism by communitarianism and postmodernism, offering critiques of theorists such as Edmund Burke, Michael Oakeshott, and Roger Scruton; and Jacques Derrida, Richard Rorty, and Michel Foucault. Scholars will find Mandle's arguments thought-provoking, while students will ... Read more
The left's reluctance to embrace political liberalism is based, in part, on the persistent misunderstandings of justice as fairness. In What's Left of Liberalism? Jon Mandle provides a systematic overview of the theory, discussing its basic structure and describing the models of society and the person, as well as the idea of public reason, that it supports. Mandle also considers the challenges posed to political liberalism by communitarianism and postmodernism, offering critiques of theorists such as Edmund Burke, Michael Oakeshott, and Roger Scruton; and Jacques Derrida, Richard Rorty, and Michel Foucault. Scholars will find Mandle's arguments thought-provoking, while students will ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780739101032
SKU
V9780739101032
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About Jon Mandle
Jon Mandle is Associate Professor of Philosophy at SUNY-Albany. He has widely published on John Rawls and the theory of justice as fairness.
Reviews for What's Left of Liberalism?
A valuable document for courses that address contemporary American political thought.
Eldon Eisenach, University of Tulsa One of the most reliable and insightful explication of Rawls's work available.
CHOICE
A remarkably thorough guide to both the intricate details of Rawls's rather complex and multi-leveld theory.... Students who are approaching Rawls for the first time as well as ... Read more
Eldon Eisenach, University of Tulsa One of the most reliable and insightful explication of Rawls's work available.
CHOICE
A remarkably thorough guide to both the intricate details of Rawls's rather complex and multi-leveld theory.... Students who are approaching Rawls for the first time as well as ... Read more